Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 23:52:00 +0100 From: Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: remegius@comcast.net Subject: Re: Printer Installation Message-ID: <20080712225200.GA45929@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20080711194558.GA2442@remdogbsd> References: <20080711194558.GA2442@remdogbsd>
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On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 12:45:58PM -0700, Rem P Roberti wrote: > > This has been an ongoing problem for me because of my lack of knowledge > about the processes involved. I have a postscript printer which was > installed using CUPS via the KDE printer wizard. The printer works fine > when printing from X apps, but I am unable to print from the command > line. My main concern is to be able to print from Mutt, but when I try > to do that I get an error message from Mutt telling me,"lpr: lp: unknown > printer." I would appreciate being pointed in the right direction here. > > Rem Not a direct answer to your question but there is an option you can set in your ~/.muttrc I've got this in mine: set print_command="a2ps -1 > ~/mail.ps; gv ~/mail.ps" This allows me to view the mail before printing it from gv. gv and a2ps are in ports. Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html
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